Users Guide

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Viewing inventory reports
OpenManage Essentials provides pre-dened reports for all discovered and inventoried devices. With these reports, you can:
• Consolidate information about devices in your environment.
• Filter report data based on the devices by clicking the Filter by: drop-down list. You can also add a new group of devices from
the dashboard by clicking Add New Group from the Filter by: drop-down list.
• Export data for use in another application in the XML le format.
NOTE: By default, the reports display the latest device information when you access the reports. If a report is open
and you have not navigated from the report, you must click the refresh button to view the latest device information
on the report.
NOTE: You cannot create new reports.
Choosing predened reports
To view predened reports, click Reports.
The Managed Systems Reports displays the predened reports. Select from the available reports to view particular information
about the devices in your environment. You can lter the reports based on the devices by clicking the Filter by: drop-down list. You
can also add a new group of devices by clicking Add New Group from the Filter by: drop-down list.
Predened reports
Table 151. Predened reports
Category Report Description
Server Inventory Agent and Alert Summary Identies the OpenManage Server
Administrator versions installed on devices
in the environment and allows you to
identify the devices generating the most
alerts. If the Server Administrator is not
installed on a server, it is displayed as
None.
• The upper left web part identies the
OpenManage Server Administrator
versions in your environment.
• Clicking the OpenManage Server
Administrator version in the
OpenManage Server Administrator pie
chart in the top right web part shows
you the list of servers with that
version installed.
• The lower left web part lists in
descending order the devices
generating the most alerts since initial
discovery and inventory.
• The top ve event generating devices
are identied in the lower right web
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